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What would dismantling UNRWA mean for Palestinian refugees? A proposal from the Trump-chaired Board of Peace seeks to replace the U.N. agency that touches every aspect of Palestinian life, sparking fear among Gaza residents, Hassan Abo Qamar reports.
What dismantling UNRWA would mean for Palestinian refugeesA proposal from the Trump-chaired Board of Peace seeks to replace UNRWA, an agency that touches every aspect of Palestinian lifeprismreports.org📢 THIS WED at 1pm ET / 8pm Palestine, join @palestinestudies.bsky.social, @prismreports.org & Visualizing Palestine for an online panel, “How American Media Sold, Censored & Enabled the Genocide in Gaza.” 🎙️Speakers: Robin Anderson, Adam Johnson & Assal Rad Register: bit.ly/media-genocide-gaza
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How American Media Sold, Censored, and Enabled the Genocide in Gaza. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.Join us on July 29th, 2026 at 1pm ET / 8pm Palestine. Register here or watch the livestream!
For nearly three years, U.S. news coverage of Israel's genocide in Gaza has shaped what the American public was allowed to see, question, and believe. Presente...bit.ly“This isn't just about money; it's about chains wrapped around our lives, preventing us from working, earning, building & living as full human beings.” The freezing of Palestinian bank accounts is another cost of Israel's genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi reports.
The freezing of Palestinian bank accountsReports indicate that the Bank of Palestine has frozen Palestinian accounts as part of a decision from Israelprismreports.org“People are not willing to give up so easily or to have their spirits broken.” Hunger strikes are spreading in ICE jails, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports. More detainees are risking their lives to protest inhumane conditions & legal rights violations.
Hunger strikes spreading in ICE jails amid due process violations, advocates sayImmigrant rights advocates say more detainees are risking their lives to protest inhumane conditions and legal rights violationsprismreports.org🚨EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER: We won’t stop talking about Palestine🚨 We have lost half a million dollars in philanthropic support. Still, we remain steadfast in our commitment to reporting on anti-imperial resistance efforts & working with writers in Palestine. We need your help to continue this work.
Support independent, nonprofit news led by journalists of colorJoin Prism's community of justice seekers and truth-tellers, building collective power through journalism. Understanding the full story has never mattered…www.zeffy.comPop culture tells us a lot about society & our shared beliefs, observes columnist Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. When reentering society after incarceration, Derek writes, “What I’m searching for in this media landscape are signs of life. Not perfection. Not easy inspiration.”
One bite at a time: the media as a mirrorWe can mindlessly spend our days on our phones or social media, watching, listening, scrolling, or streaming. But should we?prismreports.orgPrioritizing profit over public health, corporations target Black & Latino children with ‘junk food' marketing, Jennifer K. Rumple reports. U.S. food apartheid enhances the effectiveness of advertising for highly processed, calorie-dense & nutritionally deficient prepackaged foods.
Corporations target Black and Latino children with ‘junk food’ marketingU.S. food apartheid enhances the effectiveness of advertising for highly processed, calorie-dense, and nutritionally deficient prepackaged junk foodprismreports.org“Be gentle to yourself in your own grief. Question what grief looks like & what it means under colonialism & capitalism.” In this Q&A, journalist @sesmith.lol discusses how capitalism impacts our ability to grieve, the intersections of labor & grief & the importance of proactive death planning.
The final ‘furwell': pet loss, grief, and loss under capitalismJournalist s.e. smith discusses how pet loss is the “gateway drug” for their debut memoir “All My Dead Cats and Other Losses”prismreports.org“Prisons & jails incarcerate people because of what they have done or are alleged to have done. And camps incarcerate people because of who they are or where they are.” In this Q&A, journalist John Washington discusses “How to Close a Camp,” an urgent blueprint to shut down detention centers.
An urgent blueprint for ‘How to Close a Camp’Journalist John Washington explains how closing detention centers is critical in the larger battle to stop immigration enforcementprismreports.orgFor the first time, we’re asking our readers to help protect Prism so that we can continue standing up to fascism & imperialism as philanthropy retracts their support of pro-Palestinian efforts. We’ve raised 22% of our fundraising goal & need your help to cross the finish line. Can we count on you?
Support independent, nonprofit news led by journalists of colorJoin Prism's community of justice seekers and truth-tellers, building collective power through journalism. Understanding the full story has never mattered…www.zeffy.com🚨Who’s scared of Palestinian liberation?🚨 Philanthropy has deep investments in advancing the U.S. imperial agenda & shifted away from pro-Palestinian efforts. Prism has lost half a million dollars in philanthropic support. We won’t stop talking about Palestine—but we need your help. Donate today!
Support independent, nonprofit news led by journalists of colorJoin Prism's community of justice seekers and truth-tellers, building collective power through journalism. Understanding the full story has never mattered…www.zeffy.com“With domestic fascism approaching what could be its most incredible zenith, these lands misnamed 'America' must face a terrible reckoning.” Moving beyond empire's cataclysmic robbery of everything during dystopian times, we must build the world we need, writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social.
Another way out: Empires don't last forever—we help them fallAs news of the latest authoritarian incursions spreads, we have to keep reminding ourselves what the ground beneath us saysprismreports.orgNew Orleans ‘crime camera' nonprofit sparks fears of construction worker surveillance, Edith Romero reports. Project NOLA recently announced free cameras for French Quarter businesses & said it had monitored sidewalk construction sites for the presence of workers, many of whom are Latino immigrants.
New Orleans ‘crime cameras’ spark fears of construction worker surveillanceProject NOLA announced free cameras for local businesses and said it had monitored sidewalk construction sites for the presence of workers, many of whom are Latino immigrantsprismreports.org
I went to the Netherlands and visited Leiden, where the Pilgrims first departed on the Speedwell. For @prismreports.org, I reflected on the U.S. semiquincentennial in a personal essay about letting go of the national myth of what the U.S. is and what it could be. prismreports.org/2026/07/23/e...
Another way out: Empires don't last forever—we help them fallAs news of the latest authoritarian incursions spreads, we have to keep reminding ourselves what the ground beneath us saysprismreports.org
U.S. media has shaped what the American public saw, questioned, & believed about Israel's genocide in Gaza. Join us July 29 for a webinar unpacking exactly how — presented w/ @prismreports.org & Visualizing Palestine, featuring Assal Rad, Adam Johnson, Robin Andersen, & @laubast.bsky.social 🧵
In Oct. 2023, when newsrooms across the U.S. sold their conscience & professionalism to manufacture consent for an escalating genocide, Prism shifted our editorial focus to cover the regions impacted by U.S. imperialism. We won’t stop talking about Palestine—but we need your help to fund this work.
Support independent, nonprofit news led by journalists of colorJoin Prism's community of justice seekers and truth-tellers, building collective power through journalism. Understanding the full story has never mattered…www.zeffy.comThe panel will trace the throughline connecting word choice & headline framing, the visual record of the genocide, the internal culture of U.S. newsrooms covering Palestine & what accountable, independent journalism can look like going forward. 🍉 REGISTER: bit.ly/media-genocide-gaza
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How American Media Sold, Censored, and Enabled the Genocide in Gaza. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.Join us on July 29th, 2026 at 1pm ET / 8pm Palestine. Register here or watch the livestream!
For nearly three years, U.S. news coverage of Israel's genocide in Gaza has shaped what the American publi...bit.ly